BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 167 
_ The conclusion which I draw from these cases is that Hatonia 
and Trisetum are very closely related, and should both be in the. 
section Avenacew, as also should some species of the genus 
Graphephorum. 
Notes! sy F. L. Scrrpyer.—The above paper, in which 
Dr. Vasey details a discovery made by himself, describes an tn- 
doubted instance of hybridization between Trisetum palustre and 
Eatonia Pennsylvanica. 
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Trisetum palustre. Fig. 2. Hybrid between the preceding and 
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the following. Fig, 3. Eatonia Pennsylvanica. Figs. 4 and 5. Graphepho- 
Tum melicoides. 
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are magnified drawings of the spikelets 
the three forms in question, all enlarged to the same scale, 
showing the relative size and proportions of the various parts. 
Figure 2, the spikelet of the “hybrid,” it will be seen, is inter- 
mediate in size between the Trisetum and Eatonia, illustrated by 
Figures 1 and 3, respectively. In general shape and textyre of 
the outer glumes and florets it resembles the last named, but the 
ring glumes are awned as in the Trisetum. Whether the 
*Remark ; ared by the author and — 
sactioned by ie Vine ee reading of the paper, prepared Dy the @ 
